The PTSA Network
The Rose Hill Elementary PTSA
The Rose Hill Elementary Parent Teacher Student Association is a private, non-profit membership association that organizes parents, teachers, school staff, students and members of our local community to make Rose Hill Elementary a better place for our children to learn. This is accomplished by utilizing the guidance and extensive resources provided by the National PTA and its' subsequent divisions towards our local Rose Hill Elementary Unit. These divisions include the Washington State PTA, our Region 2 PTA (which consists of the Lake Washington, Bellevue, Mercer Island and Issaquah PTSA Councils), and our Lake Washington PTSA Council.
The Lake Washington PTSA Council
The Lake Washington PTSA Council is a private nonprofit, membership association. Our organization advocates promoting the improvement of health, welfare, and education of children and coordinates the legislative voice of the local legislative representatives to that cause. It is a part of the Washington State PTA and National PTA.
Our Council is governed by a Board of Directors which is made up of elected officers and program chairpersons. The Council over sees 37 local units in the Lake Washington School district as well as one local unit at a private school within the boundaries of our district to give support and service to the local units. The Council works closely with the Lake Washington School District.
The General Membership of the Council is made up of voting and non-voting representatives from each of the local units. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month at the L.E. Scarr Resource Center in Redmond Washington.
The Washington State PTA
When you join PTA, you join a local PTA unit. Your local PTA unit is a member of the Washington State PTA. The State PTA is the common thread that links nearly 900 local PTA units throughout the state. This thread is what gives PTA clout and prestige to influence state laws, policies and attitudes affecting your children.
The State PTA exists to provide local PTA units and their members with services, material, and information to enable parents to protect and nurture your children in their schools and your communities. Specifically, some of the services provided by the Washington State PTA include: a daily representation in Olympia and at regulatory agencies where decisions are being made that will affect your children; leadership training; a website with parenting resources, The Child Advocate magazine; and quality leadership materials.
The National PTA
National PTA is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States. PTA is a leader in reminding our nation of its obligations to children. PTA has nearly 6.5 million members nationwide.
The mission of National PTA is threefold:
- to support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children.
- to assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children; and
- to encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.
Portions of the above article are reprinted with permission from “Frequently Asked Questions: What is the National PTA”; “Frequently Asked Questions: What is the State PTA,” Washington State PTA website, www.wastatepta.org; “What is the PTSA: The Lake Washington PTSA Council 2.8,” Lake Washington Parent Teachers and Students Organization website, http://schools.lwsd.org/ptsa.
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Above photo reproduced with permission from the National PTA website.